Mitsubishi Rayon and SK Chemicals form alliance

2:10 PM MST | January 3, 2013 | —Deepti Ramesh

Mitsubishi Rayon says it has formed an alliance with SK Chemicals (Songnam, Korea) to develop and expand the companies’ carbon fiber prepreg business in Asia. Mitsubishi Rayon and SK Chemicals have signed a long-term agreement, under which Mitsubishi Rayon will supply carbon fibers to SK Chemicals. SK Chemicals will manufacture prepregs with Mitsubishi Rayon’s carbon fibers. The prepregs will be manufactured at SK Chemicals’ plants at Ulsan, Korea; and Qingdao...